EMI GROUP FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-50% vs 2023
Net assets
£534M
-28.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£288M
-15.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- EMI GROUP FINANCE LIMITED 2007-10-29 → present
- EMI GROUP FINANCE PLC 1996-08-19 → 2007-10-29
- THORN EMI FINANCE PLC 1986-11-19 → 1996-08-19
- THORN EMI FINANCE LIMITED 1986-09-03 → 1986-11-19
- E M I FINANCE LIMITED 1964-05-22 → 1986-09-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£864,000 | -£5,798,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£249,984,000 | -£288,471,000 | |
| Net profit | -£191,237,000 | -£214,354,000 | |
| Cash | £2,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £748,760,000 | £534,407,000 | |
| Net assets | £748,760,000 | £534,407,000 | |
| Equity | £748,761,000 | £534,407,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | -0.00x | -0.02x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the company has received confirmation from Universal Music Group N.V., the company's ultimate parent undertaking, of its intention to continue to provide financial and other support to the extent necessary to enable the company to continue to pay its liabilities as and when they become due for a period 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “The company's loss for the financial year was £214,354,000 (2023: loss £191,237,000). The loss in the year is due to an increased interest payable driven by increases in interest rates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Secretary | 2012-11-26 | — | — |
| BARKER, Adam Martin | Director | 2015-02-13 | Mar 1968 | British |
| COX, Philip Alexander | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| MUIR, Boyd Johnston | Director | 2012-09-28 | May 1959 | British |
| SHARPE, David Richard James | Director | 2015-02-13 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCLIFF, Christopher John | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2009-08-05 |
| CHRISTIAN, Christopher Lindsay | Secretary | 1998-05-22 | 2008-07-31 |
| COX, Melanie Rachel | Secretary | 1993-02-01 | 1996-07-30 |
| GITTER, Geoffrey | Secretary | 1996-07-30 | 1998-05-22 |
| LOGAN, Kathryn | Secretary | 2009-04-27 | 2009-10-07 |
| RITCHIE, Ian | Secretary | — | 1993-02-01 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2010-12-22 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-12-22 | 2012-11-26 |
| ALEXANDER, Stephen Harold | Director | 2007-11-23 | 2008-12-17 |
| ANCLIFF, Christopher John | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2007-11-23 |
| ASHCROFT, Charles Patrick | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2007-08-31 |
| BACK, Philippa Lucy Foster | Director | 1993-10-21 | 2000-04-30 |
| BATES, Antony Jeffrey | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-02-04 |
| BRATCHELL, Duncan John Timothy | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2007-11-23 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2017-03-31 |
| CARMEL, Simon Lloyd | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-04-01 |
| CHADD, Andrew Peter | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2010-07-19 |
| COATES, Graham John | Director | — | 1993-09-03 |
| CONSTANT, Richard Michael | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2017-07-28 |
| DUFFY, Simon Patrick | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| FAXON, Roger Conant | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2012-09-28 |
| FAXON, Roger Conant | Director | 2002-02-05 | 2005-01-31 |
| KENNEDY, Christopher John | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2009-07-08 |
| NAUGHTON, Shane Paul | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2012-09-28 |
| PRIOR, Ruth Catherine | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2012-09-28 |
| PUNJA, Riaz | Director | 2007-11-23 | 2008-12-17 |
| ROLING, Christopher John | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-09-22 |
| SCOTT, Patricia Mary | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| STEWART, Martin David | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2007-08-28 |
| YOUNG, Stephen Gareth | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emi Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-27 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2018-08-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-50%
£2,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
-28.6%
£748,760,000 £534,407,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-571.1%
-£864,000 -£5,798,000
-
Profit before tax
-15.4%
-£249,984,000 -£288,471,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers